"Ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another and to serve one another."
Mosiah 4:15

Thursday, February 28, 2013

If The Savior Stood Beside Me LDS Primary Song Help Ideas

Do we all know the following poem?

One night a man had a
dream.

He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.

Scenes from his life flashed across the skyand he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,one belonging to him and the other to the
Lord.

When the last scene of his life had flashed before him,he
recalled that at the lowest and saddest times of his lifethere was only one
set of footprints.

Dismayed, he asked, "Lord, you said that once I decided to
follow you,you'd walk with me all the way.I don't understand why, when I
needed you most,you would leave me."

The Lord replied, "My precious child.I love you and I would
never leave you.

During your times of trial and sufferingwhen you saw only
one set of footprints...

That was when I carried you."

Read the poem to the children. What do they think about it? The following are ideas to use in correlation with this poem and the song.

In D&C 78:18 The Savior says, "...Be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours."

* Have footprint shaped visuals with pictures to represent the words.

* Have a little box of sand with parts of the questions from the song on a piece of paper, children sing the missing part ( ):
If The Savior stood beside me, would I do.... (the things I do?)
Would I think..... (of His commandments and try harder to be true?)
Would I follow... (His example?)
Would I live.... (more righteously, if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me?)

* Have 1 child up front with a blindfold. Invite 3 others up. Have them sing part of the song. Invite the blindfolded child to guess who is standing beside them by their singing.

* Have a path of footprints, invite children to pick a footprint with a way to sing the song:
standing with heels touching
sing on tippy toes
stand shoulder to shoulder with a neighbor and sing
sing with hands making a wave motion on the beach
sing with fingers (pointer & middle) walking in the air together

* Have a walking stick. Invite a child to come up front and share a place they'd like to walk with Jesus and have Him stand with them. Have them lead a verse of the song with the stick.

Translate

1 John 3:18

"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."

My brothers and sisters, I love you. I am not much. Heavenly Father gives me thoughts and ideas and I share in hopes that you will know how much I love you and all the children out there. Our lives are nothing without Christ, the Savior of the world. I hope that through this blog, my saying I love you isn't just words, but a meager deed to prove it's truth.

I DO NOT SPEAK OFFICIALLY FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.

About Me

I love my Redeemer Jesus Christ. He is my Savior. I do everything I do to show my love for Him. I'm very humbled by all the people coming to visit my blog! Thank you for your time. I have a deep love for children, and have my entire life. All these ideas are inspiration from our Heavenly Father and I'm grateful to Him for His divine help! I firmly believe in following the guidelines given to us in manuals and the Sharing Time and Sacrament Meeting Outline.
I hope that this can be of help to you! These are "starting points" only. Please feel free to comment anytime or further instruct me. I'm always teachable!